The '''Center for the Study of Social and Political Change''' "was established on the Smith Campus under the aegis of the College in June 1986. During 1988, a set of bylaws was drawn up by the Center establishing a Board of Directors, and formalizing the Center's relationship to Smith College. A copy of the bylaws is available upon request. The Board of Directors currently consists of: [[Herbert London]], Olin Fellow New York University; [[Lloyd Morrisett]], Past President of the [[Markle Foundation]]; [[Lovett C. Peters]], Director of the Lovett C. Peters Charitable Trust; [[Richard Ware]], President Emeritus of the Earhart Foundation; Professor [[Henry Rosovsky]], former Dean of Harvard College; and [[James Q. Wilson]], Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles.
"In addition, the Center includes a list of distinguished associates including Professors [[Alex Inkeles]] and [[S. M. Lipset]] of George Mason University, [[Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann]] of the Institut für Demoskopie, Professor [[Paul Hollander]] of the University of Massachusetts, Professors [[Samuel Huntington]], [[Harvey Brooks]], [[Robert Coles]] and [[Nathan Glazer]] of Harvard University, and Professor Emeritus [[Austin Ranney]] of the University of California at Berkeley." <ref>[http://www.smith.edu/csspc/history.html History of the Center], Center for the Study of Social and Political Change, accessed November 19, 2010.</ref>
The Center's Director is [[Stanley Rothman ]].